Quilters Companion

Dear Michelle, Please pass on my thanks to Jessica Wheelahan for the inspiration received from her quilt pattern Isobel, which appeared in QC#82. I have enclosed images of my finished project. I managed this large project (approximately 220cm square)

This collection was borne from quilt historian Dr Annette Gero’s documentation of heritage Australian quilts that were made in Australia or brought here by immigrants. When she was compiling the content for her first book, The Fabric of Society, whic

Finished size: 40.5cm x 51cm (16in x 20in) ❖ Fat eighth each of four tone-on-tone or batik fabrics shading from dark to light; Leesa used three shades of blue and an off-white fabric (background) ❖ 25cm (¼yd) each of four medium green tone-on-tone o

Finished size: 216cm x 185.5cm (85in x 73in) ❖ 45cm (½yd) each of 15 print fabrics — this quilt features four shades of green, three shades of yellow, three shades of blue, a grey, an orange, and three shades of hot pink from the Windham Fabrics Fou

Finished size: 212cm x 193cm (83½in x 76in) ❖ 3.8m (4yd) red print fabric (background and border) ❖ Scraps of assorted print fabrics at least 3in square (hexagons) ❖ 4.6m (5yd) backing fabric ❖ Batting at least 230cm x 210cm (90in x 84in) ❖ 1150 pre

Finished size: 140cm (55in) square ❖ 1.9m (2⅛yd) white tone-on-tone print fabric (background) ❖ 45cm (½yd) each of dark purple, light teal, teal, and orange batik (blocks, and Borders 1 and 2) ❖ 1.25m (1⅜yd) medium purple batik (blocks, appliqué and

Finished size: 161cm (63½in) square ❖ 2.1m (2⅜yd) solid pale-tan fabric (centre block and Borders 2 and 5) ❖ 1.85m (2yd) brown mini-check print fabric (Borders 4 and 7) ❖ 1.3m (1½yd) teal stripe print fabric (Borders 1, 3, 5, 6 and binding) ❖ 40cm (

Finished size: 160cm x 120cm (64in x 48in) Finished block size: 8in square ❖ 1.65m (1⅞yd) solid grey fabric (background) ❖ 15cm (¼yd) each of 16 green, yellow and blue print fabrics ❖ 45cm (¼yd) stripe print fabric [binding] ❖ 2.8m (3⅛yd) backing fa

Words by Virginia Vis Concentric bands of patterns in contrasting dark and light colours draw the eye inward. It is an old technique, seen often in architecture, used to sweep attention high up to a ceiling or deep into the centre of the room on a fl

Finished size: 218.5cm (86in) square Finished block size: 30in square ❖ 6m (6⅜yd) pink print fabric (background) ❖ 25cm (⅜yd) each of four red and four green print fabrics (feathers) ❖ 10cm (⅛yd) of another red print (birds) ❖ 20cm (¼yd) of another

Finished size: 216cm x 188cm (85in x 75in) ❖ 30 fat eighths of assorted African print fabrics (blocks) — see Note ❖ 2.9m (3¼yd) solid white fabric (background) ❖ 65cm (¾yd) black and white stripe print fabric (binding) ❖ 4.8m (5¼yd) backing fabric ❖

The 17th Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival — one of the world’s largest quilt shows — was held in January. Quilts in the main exhibition were judged in six categories: traditional; original designs; ‘wa’ (for works featuring traditional Japane